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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>Frozen vegetables are a staple in many diets, so a huge recall of them has us peering at the packages in our freezers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday evening, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced an \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/frozen-vegetables-05-16/index.html\">outbreak\u003c/a> of the deadly\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003cem>Listeria monocytogenes\u003c/em> bacteria --- and frozen vegetables and fruits are believed to be the cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 350 products like green beans, broccoli, peas and blueberries sold under 42 brands at grocers including Safeway, Costco and Trader Joe's in the U.S. and Canada have now been recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are four things to know about listeria and this massive recall:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Listeria is deadly.\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Listeria is the most lethal of foodborne pathogens. Most healthy immune systems can keep an infection at bay, but if the bug makes it into the bloodstream, it causes listeriosis and kills 1 in 5 victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Older adults, pregnant women, newborns and those with weakened immune systems are at higher risk of infection. People 65 and older are four times more likely to get sick from listeria than the general population, and pregnant women — who may not develop listeriosis themselves but whose babies could be threatened — are 10 times more likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the CDC knows of eight people who have been sickened — six in California and one each in Washington and Maryland. The Washington and Maryland patients died, but listeria was not considered the ultimate cause of death. The patients were between 56 and 86 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>New tracking tools led to this recall.\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The outbreak making headlines today began in 2013 with one illness, followed by five more in 2015 and two in 2016. It may seem as if this outbreak is unfolding in slow motion, but that is because the CDC has a new tool to track the bacteria's spread: the sequenced genome of listeria.\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While investigating a small cluster of 2016 illnesses, the CDC searched its database of previously sequenced listeria genomes and found matches from bacteria that had sickened people in previous years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDC's venture into whole-genome sequencing has allowed the agency to identify more listeria outbreaks, especially more that span longer periods of time. Last year, the CDC announced two outbreaks that began in 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Listeria gets around — and stays around.\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The CDC said that frozen vegetables produced by CRF Frozen Foods in Pasco, Wash., are the \"likely source\" of the illnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.foodscience.caes.uga.edu/personnel/faculty/doyle.html\">Michael Doyle\u003c/a>, professor of food microbiology at the University of Georgia and director of the school's Center for Food Safety, says he thinks that \"resident\" listeria caused the outbreak. Rather than \"transient\" bacteria that contaminates a food and moves through a processing system with it, resident bacteria establishes itself somewhere in the processing plant and persists over several years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The organism's quite hearty,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listeria has been known to plague ready-to-eat deli meats and soft cheeses made with unpasteurized milk, but it's popped up in surprising foods in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/ice-cream-03-15/\">Blue Bell Creameries\u003c/a> recalled all of its ice cream products after 10 people were sickened with listeria. One reason listeria differs from other pathogens is that it can grow in cold temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_109067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/blue-bell-1_enl-ac3c46e9899c4136ec72910ee991e298f16f4bdb.jpg\" alt=\"Shelves are bare and signs are posted where Blue Bell products were displayed in a grocery store in April 2015 in Overland Park, Kan. 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Blue Bell Creameries recalled all of its ice cream products following a listeria outbreak. \u003ccite>(Jamie Squire/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2014, 35 people were sickened by \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/caramel-apples-12-14/\">caramel apples\u003c/a> – and officials determined that listeriosis contributed to at least three of the seven deaths reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/cantaloupes-jensen-farms/index.html\">cantaloupe\u003c/a> was behind the largest listeria outbreak in U.S. history, which sickened 147 people in 2011 and killed 33.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>It's time for a freezer check.\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>CRF has recalled all organic and traditionally grown frozen vegetable and fruit products processed at its Pasco facility since May 2014 and suspended operations there last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check the UPC codes and \"best by\" dates on the vegetable packages in your freezer against \u003ca href=\"http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm498841.htm\">the FDA's list\u003c/a>. 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It may seem as if this outbreak is unfolding in slow motion, but that is because the CDC has a new tool to track the bacteria's spread: the sequenced genome of listeria.\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While investigating a small cluster of 2016 illnesses, the CDC searched its database of previously sequenced listeria genomes and found matches from bacteria that had sickened people in previous years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDC's venture into whole-genome sequencing has allowed the agency to identify more listeria outbreaks, especially more that span longer periods of time. 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Rather than \"transient\" bacteria that contaminates a food and moves through a processing system with it, resident bacteria establishes itself somewhere in the processing plant and persists over several years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The organism's quite hearty,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listeria has been known to plague ready-to-eat deli meats and soft cheeses made with unpasteurized milk, but it's popped up in surprising foods in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/ice-cream-03-15/\">Blue Bell Creameries\u003c/a> recalled all of its ice cream products after 10 people were sickened with listeria. One reason listeria differs from other pathogens is that it can grow in cold temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_109067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/05/blue-bell-1_enl-ac3c46e9899c4136ec72910ee991e298f16f4bdb.jpg\" alt=\"Shelves are bare and signs are posted where Blue Bell products were displayed in a grocery store in April 2015 in Overland Park, Kan. 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If they match, you can return the recalled food to the store for a refund or simply discard it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Either way, don't eat the recalled foods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you did eat them and have symptoms such as fever, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions, seek medical care. Sometimes listeriosis symptoms develop up to two months after eating contaminated food, but they usually start within several days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>Kaiser Health News\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> is an editorially independent program of the \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kff.org/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>Kaiser Family Foundation\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/\">Kaiser Health News\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Beekeepers flock from all over the country to California every February and March to watch billions of honeybees buzz around the state's almond trees. Eighty percent of the country's commercial bees visit the Golden State each spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I went to check out the scene at an almond orchard at the California State University, Fresno in central California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Really, the key is to stay calm around bees, because if you're afraid, then your body physiologically changes and they can sense that,\" beekeeper Brian Hiatt tells me. \"They literally can smell fear.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He should know: In this orchard alone, Hiatt has about 1.5 million bees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/256846544\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spring is usually a really busy time for beekeepers. But this year, Hiatt says he's worried that a relatively new variety of almonds called \u003ca href=\"http://www.davewilson.com/commercial-orchards/featured-products/independence-almond\">Independence\u003c/a> could harm the longevity of his business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Independence almond trees are easy to harvest, and they make tasty almonds. But what really sets them apart is the fact that they're self-fertile — meaning they technically don't need bees to pollinate their flowers because they're pollinating themselves (though some farmers say if you use just a few bees, you'll get an even bigger crop.) That's a boon for farmers, who spend lots of money hiring bees to pollinate their crop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are a lot of these old almonds that still need bees,\" Hiatt notes. But as Independence almonds become more popular, he thinks he'd lose profits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1599px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/almond-bee-6-27c292d0e34b7f1b412b6f23d594b6c2957b917e.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Barra guesses there are a couple thousand acres of the Independence almond variety in California. 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He says there is a growing waiting list for new sprigs of the tree. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/Valley Public Radio )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Others in the industry — including Gene Brandi with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.abfnet.org/\">American Beekeeping Federation\u003c/a> — see things differently, especially since a colony collapse disorder has killed as much as 40 percent of the honeybees in the West. \"I know how difficult it has been for our industry to supply the bees that are needed,\" Brandi says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And farmers like \u003ca href=\"http://pitiglianofarms.com/\">Josh Pitgliano\u003c/a> from Tulare County are loving Independence almonds. Pitgliano has several hundred acres of the self-fertile variety — he first started planting Independence trees six years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he likes that with Independence almond trees, he has to use less than half the number of bees. Whereas most farmers place two hives per acre, Pitgliano scrapes by with half a hive per acre on his orchards of Independence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That translates to big savings: An average hive of bees costs around $180 to hire for the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, Independence almond trees comes with another perk — easy harvest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I come in here once and I harvest all the nuts, all at one time,\" Pitgliano says. In contrast, traditional almond orchards have several varieties of the tree planted in each field and are harvested multiple times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the nuts these trees make are just as good, says farmer Ben Barra. When he realized he didn't have to hire any bees at all with the Independence variety, he was hooked. (When I visited his farm, there were some wild bees buzzing around.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barra has farmed everything from sugar beets to eggplant to potatoes. He tore out his peaches and plums after he had a really bad season, losing over $100,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1599px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/almond-bee-3-e7b3e4ce65614d3b0ca6f5d3ce9093113c62c6e2.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Barra farms 18 acres of Independence almonds southwest of Fresno, Calif. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Beekeepers flock from all over the country to California every February and March to watch billions of honeybees buzz around the state's almond trees. Eighty percent of the country's commercial bees visit the Golden State each spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I went to check out the scene at an almond orchard at the California State University, Fresno in central California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Really, the key is to stay calm around bees, because if you're afraid, then your body physiologically changes and they can sense that,\" beekeeper Brian Hiatt tells me. \"They literally can smell fear.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He should know: In this orchard alone, Hiatt has about 1.5 million bees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/256846544&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/256846544'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spring is usually a really busy time for beekeepers. But this year, Hiatt says he's worried that a relatively new variety of almonds called \u003ca href=\"http://www.davewilson.com/commercial-orchards/featured-products/independence-almond\">Independence\u003c/a> could harm the longevity of his business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Independence almond trees are easy to harvest, and they make tasty almonds. But what really sets them apart is the fact that they're self-fertile — meaning they technically don't need bees to pollinate their flowers because they're pollinating themselves (though some farmers say if you use just a few bees, you'll get an even bigger crop.) That's a boon for farmers, who spend lots of money hiring bees to pollinate their crop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are a lot of these old almonds that still need bees,\" Hiatt notes. But as Independence almonds become more popular, he thinks he'd lose profits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1599px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/almond-bee-6-27c292d0e34b7f1b412b6f23d594b6c2957b917e.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Barra guesses there are a couple thousand acres of the Independence almond variety in California. 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He says there is a growing waiting list for new sprigs of the tree. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/Valley Public Radio )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Others in the industry — including Gene Brandi with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.abfnet.org/\">American Beekeeping Federation\u003c/a> — see things differently, especially since a colony collapse disorder has killed as much as 40 percent of the honeybees in the West. \"I know how difficult it has been for our industry to supply the bees that are needed,\" Brandi says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And farmers like \u003ca href=\"http://pitiglianofarms.com/\">Josh Pitgliano\u003c/a> from Tulare County are loving Independence almonds. Pitgliano has several hundred acres of the self-fertile variety — he first started planting Independence trees six years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he likes that with Independence almond trees, he has to use less than half the number of bees. Whereas most farmers place two hives per acre, Pitgliano scrapes by with half a hive per acre on his orchards of Independence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That translates to big savings: An average hive of bees costs around $180 to hire for the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, Independence almond trees comes with another perk — easy harvest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I come in here once and I harvest all the nuts, all at one time,\" Pitgliano says. In contrast, traditional almond orchards have several varieties of the tree planted in each field and are harvested multiple times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the nuts these trees make are just as good, says farmer Ben Barra. When he realized he didn't have to hire any bees at all with the Independence variety, he was hooked. (When I visited his farm, there were some wild bees buzzing around.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barra has farmed everything from sugar beets to eggplant to potatoes. 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"content": "\u003cp>It's been called \"perhaps the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/business/senate-to-vote-on-gmo-food-labeling-bill.html?_r=0\">most contentious issue\u003c/a> in the food industry\": Should food products be labeled to indicate they contain genetically modified ingredients?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leading Republicans in the Senate tried to answer that question on Wednesday with a clear \"no,\" but failed. The Senate rejected a bill that would have prevented any state from requiring GMO labels on food. The bill, sponsored by Kansas Republican Sen. Pat Roberts, would have created a \u003cem>voluntary\u003c/em> national labeling standard for foods containing GMOs, but it would have blocked Vermont from implementing its first-in-the-nation \u003cem>mandatory\u003c/em> GMO labeling law, currently set to take effect on July 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Roberts bill failed to get the 60 votes needed to move forward. The cloture motion failed 48-49. Now, a compromise will almost certainly have to be crafted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the vote, Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, the Senate agriculture committee's ranking Democrat, said negotiations would carry on, and she hoped a deal on a national GMO labeling standard could still be worked out before the end of the week, \u003ca href=\"http://www.agri-pulse.com/GMO-labeling-bill-blocked-in-Senate-03162016.asp#.VumLzCEvkT0.twitter\">according to AgriPulse\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those opposing the Roberts measure was Just Label It, a coalition of businesses and organizations supporting mandatory GMO labels on food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the most hotly debated issue in food right now,\" says \u003ca href=\"http://www.justlabelit.org/\">Scott Faber\u003c/a>, the group's executive director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Consumers should have the right to choose,\" Faber says. \"They should have the right to know what's in their food and be trusted to make their own choices.\"\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That argument — consumers' right to know — holds sway among many legislators. Earlier this month, during debate on the Roberts bill in the Senate agriculture committee, many lawmakers pointed to \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/poll-finds-americans-support-gmo-food-labeling/\">polls that show\u003c/a> a majority of Americans support labeling genetically modified ingredients in foods. (However, Grist's Nathanael Johnson has \u003ca href=\"http://grist.org/food/senate-looks-like-it-might-block-state-gmo-labeling/\">pointed out\u003c/a> that \"[b]ig majorities of survey respondents also say, nonsensically, \u003ca href=\"http://jaysonlusk.com/blog/2015/1/19/dna-labels\">that they'd like mandatory labels for food containing DNA\u003c/a>.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other side of the debate are those who argue that labels would inherently suggest something is wrong with foods containing GMOs, even though major scientific bodies — from the American Association for the Advancement of Science to the World Health Organization to the American Medical Association — insist genetically modified foods are safe to eat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents say that having to comply with a patchwork of state labeling requirements would be costly, because many food companies would likely reformulate their products to avoid a label, resulting in higher prices. Ultimately, that would raise grocery bills for the average American family by more than $1,000 a year, according to \u003ca href=\"http://corn.org/cost-impact-of-vermonts-gmo-labeling-law-on-consumers-nationwide/\">estimates\u003c/a> released this month by the Corn Refiners Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chip Bowling, president of the National Corn Growers Association, said he was \"disappointed\" with the outcome of Wednesday's vote. \"Farmers are committed to creating greater transparency in the food system, but we also need Congress to set clear, commonsense guidelines that are based in science and keep food affordable for American families,\" he said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, reformulating and labeling might ultimately be good business, says \u003ca href=\"https://www.edwardjones.com/about/media/strategists-analysts-companies/analysts/jack-russo.html\">Jack Russo\u003c/a>, a senior analyst of consumer staples industries at Edward Jones. He says that consumers — particularly middle- and high-income ones — increasingly \"want to know what they're putting in their bodies.\" That's true across generations, he says, but it's especially true of millennials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think the food companies really have to pay attention, because their future customers are the millennials,\" he tells us — and costly changes now \"in the long run will pay off for them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The labeling battle has made for strange bedfellows, with some Republicans – who usually embrace states' rights – supporting preempting state labeling measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, on Wednesday voted against the measure – a tactic that would allow him to bring the bill back up for a vote later if an agreement is reached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One compromise proposal from Sen. Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, would give manufacturers a choice of four ways to label GMOs. As The Hill \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/regulation/legislation/273065-senate-to-vote-on-fast-track-anti-gmo-labeling-bill\">reports\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>\"[Manufacturers] could choose to put the words 'genetically engineered' in parentheses next to a relevant ingredient; identify GM ingredients with an asterisk and provide an explanation for the asterisk at the bottom of the ingredients list; apply a catch-all statement at the end of the ingredient list stating the product was 'produced with genetic engineering' ingredients; or use a symbol on the label, designed by the Agriculture Secretary, to disclosure the presence of GMOs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But a spokesman for Roberts, who chairs the Senate agriculture committee, tells NPR that the senator would not support the Merkley measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>With additional reporting by NPR's Allison Aubrey and Peggy Lowe of Harvest Public Media.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the most hotly debated issue in food right now,\" says \u003ca href=\"http://www.justlabelit.org/\">Scott Faber\u003c/a>, the group's executive director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Consumers should have the right to choose,\" Faber says. \"They should have the right to know what's in their food and be trusted to make their own choices.\"\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That argument — consumers' right to know — holds sway among many legislators. Earlier this month, during debate on the Roberts bill in the Senate agriculture committee, many lawmakers pointed to \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/poll-finds-americans-support-gmo-food-labeling/\">polls that show\u003c/a> a majority of Americans support labeling genetically modified ingredients in foods. (However, Grist's Nathanael Johnson has \u003ca href=\"http://grist.org/food/senate-looks-like-it-might-block-state-gmo-labeling/\">pointed out\u003c/a> that \"[b]ig majorities of survey respondents also say, nonsensically, \u003ca href=\"http://jaysonlusk.com/blog/2015/1/19/dna-labels\">that they'd like mandatory labels for food containing DNA\u003c/a>.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other side of the debate are those who argue that labels would inherently suggest something is wrong with foods containing GMOs, even though major scientific bodies — from the American Association for the Advancement of Science to the World Health Organization to the American Medical Association — insist genetically modified foods are safe to eat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents say that having to comply with a patchwork of state labeling requirements would be costly, because many food companies would likely reformulate their products to avoid a label, resulting in higher prices. Ultimately, that would raise grocery bills for the average American family by more than $1,000 a year, according to \u003ca href=\"http://corn.org/cost-impact-of-vermonts-gmo-labeling-law-on-consumers-nationwide/\">estimates\u003c/a> released this month by the Corn Refiners Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chip Bowling, president of the National Corn Growers Association, said he was \"disappointed\" with the outcome of Wednesday's vote. \"Farmers are committed to creating greater transparency in the food system, but we also need Congress to set clear, commonsense guidelines that are based in science and keep food affordable for American families,\" he said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, reformulating and labeling might ultimately be good business, says \u003ca href=\"https://www.edwardjones.com/about/media/strategists-analysts-companies/analysts/jack-russo.html\">Jack Russo\u003c/a>, a senior analyst of consumer staples industries at Edward Jones. He says that consumers — particularly middle- and high-income ones — increasingly \"want to know what they're putting in their bodies.\" That's true across generations, he says, but it's especially true of millennials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think the food companies really have to pay attention, because their future customers are the millennials,\" he tells us — and costly changes now \"in the long run will pay off for them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The labeling battle has made for strange bedfellows, with some Republicans – who usually embrace states' rights – supporting preempting state labeling measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, on Wednesday voted against the measure – a tactic that would allow him to bring the bill back up for a vote later if an agreement is reached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One compromise proposal from Sen. Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, would give manufacturers a choice of four ways to label GMOs. As The Hill \u003ca href=\"http://thehill.com/regulation/legislation/273065-senate-to-vote-on-fast-track-anti-gmo-labeling-bill\">reports\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>\"[Manufacturers] could choose to put the words 'genetically engineered' in parentheses next to a relevant ingredient; identify GM ingredients with an asterisk and provide an explanation for the asterisk at the bottom of the ingredients list; apply a catch-all statement at the end of the ingredient list stating the product was 'produced with genetic engineering' ingredients; or use a symbol on the label, designed by the Agriculture Secretary, to disclosure the presence of GMOs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But a spokesman for Roberts, who chairs the Senate agriculture committee, tells NPR that the senator would not support the Merkley measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>With additional reporting by NPR's Allison Aubrey and Peggy Lowe of Harvest Public Media.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The USDA, states and nonprofit groups have been trying for several years now to figure out how to boost participation in a summer feeding program. They've experimented with offering free meals at camps and libraries, where children are likely to show up. And they're using food trucks \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/07/23/334041056/summer-program-for-hungry-kids-gets-creative-with-food-delivery\">to deliver meals\u003c/a> to more remote areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some states have also tried electronic benefit transfer, or EBT, cards to give families extra money for food in the summertime. It's this pilot program that the administration would like to expand to every state over the next 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The president is suggesting the time has come to make a longer term, permanent commitment to making sure that all kids have access to meals during the summer,\" says Vilsack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that commitment would be costly — an estimated $12 billion over the next 10 years. That's unlikely to attract much support in the Republican-led Congress, which has been trying to cut back on such spending in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, leading Republicans, such as House Speaker Paul Ryan and several presidential candidates, say they'd like to combine food aid and other safety net programs into block grants, and give states more flexibility over how to spend the money. They say the current programs discourage people from working and getting off government aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'd combine a lot of them and send that money back to the states for better poverty-fighting solutions: Require everyone who can to work. Let states and communities try different ideas. And then test the results,\" Ryan said in a speech last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, historically, there's been bipartisan support for programs to feed needy children. The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a more limited version of the EBT plan this month, at an estimated cost of about $50 million a year. The House has yet to weigh in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vilsack also announced that the administration is doing something else to boost participation in the free and reduced-price lunch program. It plans to allow states to start using Medicaid data to automatically enroll qualified low-income children into the program. The idea is to reduce some of the administrative paperwork in signing kids up for food aid, and to identify those who are qualified for subsidized meals, but for one reason or another haven't been getting them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2016 \u003ca href=\"\">NPR.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Drive anywhere in Central California and you'll find fields of almonds. So many new trees have been planted in recent years that people have begun to wonder whether the growth of the almond industry is unsustainable. It seems like the price of the nut may have met a slippery slope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It started out with almonds getting a lot of bad press over the last few years. The nut was called out for soaking up too much water, while at the same time farmers were making bank on the tree crop. Meanwhile, the commodity slowly lost value.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://far.rabobank.com/en/authors/vernon-crowder.html\">Vernon Crowder \u003c/a>says the price of the nut per pound has dropped \"about 20 percent, maybe just a little bit more, since late 2014.\" Crowder is part of a \u003ca href=\"https://far.rabobank.com/en/home/index.html\">Food and Agribusiness Research Advisory Group\u003c/a> with Rabobank in Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That 20 percent equals a loss of around $1.8 billion. Crowder says the problem is too much supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There have been a lot of new almonds planted over the last three years,\" says Crowder. \"And that's probably part of the reason why the crop was a little bigger than we expected this year. And people know there will be more almonds produced this fall as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106340\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/01/almonds-on-tree_edited-f9ff2282adda0768dbde42b8808d560afdd66676-s300-c85.jpg\" alt=\"Even with the decrease in prices, almond growers are planting new fields of the nut.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-full wp-image-106340\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Even with the decrease in prices, almond growers are planting new fields of the nut. \u003ccite>( Ezra David Romero/Valley Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When the price of almonds rose from around $2.50 three years ago to over $4 per pound in 2014, farmers went crazy. Many replaced their lower-priced crops, like grapes or cotton, with fields of almonds. That flooded the market, and the price dropped to around $3 per pound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The real kicker was the strength of the dollar in 2015. It began to cost more for places like China and India to buy almonds. In turn, Asian markets are shelling out less cash for the crop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We probably pushed the price up too high,\" says Darren Rigg. 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Almond growers like\u003ca href=\"http://delbosquefarms.com/?page_id=20\"> Joe Del Bosque \u003c/a>in Firebaugh, Calif., say they haven't felt the pinch yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Having a couple of good years has given us a good foundation ... to be able to weather this thing,\" Del Bosque says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Del Bosque farms more than 600 acres of almonds. And he says he does worry that the high cost of water, coupled with the lower price of almonds, would decrease profits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're not panicking,\" Del Bosque says. \"If the market stays where it is right now, I think we'll still be OK — if we have water that isn't too expensive this coming year.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this is all a balancing act, and Mother Nature has a role to play. Adequate chill hours – almond trees need to rest in winter under 45 degrees for up to 300 hours for normal growth – and ample rains brought by El Nino could mean a healthy crop. 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